Town of Phillippi, Barbour County, West Virginia – Vintage Wall Art
![Town of Phillippi, Barbour County, West Virginia, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ce/cee392e6e306-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Town of Phillippi, Barbour County, West Virginia, preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Town of Phillippi, Barbour County, West Virginia
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Philippi, the county seat of Barbour County in northern West Virginia, is known as the site of the first battle between Federal and Confederate armies, fought there in June 1861. The Union attack on Confederate troops in the town was a small engagement, but it came early in the war and was widely reported as a sign of the fighting to come. This print's record carries no date, and its shelflist card lists Mrs. M.D. Pool as an associated name, so its maker and the year it was made remain unconfirmed. The copyright notation on the record suggests it was registered for copyright, which is worth keeping in mind when judging how closely it reflects the town at the time of the battle.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on shelflist card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | C3499 U.S. Copyright Office. Place of the first battle between the Federal and Confederate armies, 1861. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Pool, Mrs. M.D. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,014 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-112460 |
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